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The book is about Liverpool docks and the dockland area its history, strategic importance in times of peace and war; the kinds of cargoes carried into the docks including slaves! The book provides a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the modern time a time when a new and even larger container dock is being built and the advent of the new cruise liner terminal this terminal having been at the center of a political and economic argument between Southampton, Liverpool and the EU. The book also speculates as to the future of Liverpool docks, and also, to a lesser extent, the city itself."

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Early Days; 2: Prosperous Times; 3: Docks Development; 4: More Developments; 5: Wars; 6: Industrial Revolution; 7: Consolidation; 8: The War Years; 9: Looking to the Future; Port of Liverpool Dock Estate in 1951; Select Bibliography.

Liverpool Docks: A Short History

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      Publisher Fonthill Media Ltd
      Published 23 June 2016
      ISBN-13 9781781555187
      978-1781555187
      ISBN-10 1781555184
      Also in:
      Maritime history Ships and boats: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book is about Liverpool docks and the dockland area its history, strategic importance in times of peace and war; the kinds of cargoes carried into the docks including slaves! The book provides a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the modern time a time when a new and even larger container dock is being built and the advent of the new cruise liner terminal this terminal having been at the center of a political and economic argument between Southampton, Liverpool and the EU. The book also speculates as to the future of Liverpool docks, and also, to a lesser extent, the city itself."

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Early Days; 2: Prosperous Times; 3: Docks Development; 4: More Developments; 5: Wars; 6: Industrial Revolution; 7: Consolidation; 8: The War Years; 9: Looking to the Future; Port of Liverpool Dock Estate in 1951; Select Bibliography.

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